Picture this: A slick salesman-type person, broad smile on his face, open arms, extolling, “Technology is the answer, of course. Now what was the question?”
Technology for technology’s sake. This is a common lament in education circles. And we aren’t alone in this. Businesses and government agencies also suffer from the same concern: technology being touted [...]
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July 12th, 2010
Featured, Intellectual property
You can’t afford to ignore the law, but neither can you afford to overlook the needs of your students. The good news for educators heading into a new millennium is that abiding by–and helping to shape–fair use copyright principles and guidelines is really not that difficult. For help, read on. Is it legal for students [...]
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February 21st, 2010
Data modeling, Featured
Abstract
Content management and knowledge management are colliding. The lines between the two are becoming more and more blurry. We are seeing it in the field. The analysts are seeing it. The beleaguered strategic IT executives are seeing it. Should you try to put on the brakes and brace for impact, or should you leverage the [...]
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December 27th, 2009
Digital libraries, Documentation, Featured
1. Introduction
While everyone has heard about Z39.50, there is still a lot of uncertainty about its relevance to the library community. “It’s still under development,.” you may have read on lists or heard people say. “It’s too complex to implement.” “It doesn’t work.” “It’s not needed now we have the Web.” In fact, Z39.50 is [...]
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December 14th, 2009
Articles, Featured, Marketing, Research
Gray market activity has received much attention in academic journals, trade publications, and popular periodicals. These studies argue that long term gray market activities are harmful to distributor relations, trademark image, profits, (Cavusgil and Sikora, 1988), sales force morale, and customer service efforts (Myers, 1999). While there are few reliable statistical sources on the level [...]
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December 9th, 2009
Articles, Featured, Information Network, Information society, Knowledge management, Library history, Research
INTRODUCTION
Illiteracy is a universal problem, and even Europe and America arc not free from this scourge. Illiteracy is not a problem peculiar to South Asia. It is estimated that in 1995 there were 885.1 millions of illiterate people in the world.1 In the 25th September 1989 issue of Newsweek, an article titled “When Europeans can [...]
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December 6th, 2009
Articles, Bibliometrics, Documentation, Featured, Information systems, Library history
1. Some useful Information
a) Mailing address: Directorate of Archives and Libraries
The National Library of Bangladesh
32,Justice S.M.Murshed Sarani
Agargaon, Sher-e-BangIa Nagar
Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.
Phone: 9129992,9112733.913S053
Tele- Fax: 880-2-9118704
e-mail : nab@accesstel.net
b) Self-Identity at the main entrance of Library in writing is [...]
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December 2nd, 2009
Articles, Featured, Information systems, Marketing, Research
Prof. Dr. K.M. Saiful Islam
Dept. of Information Science & Library Management,
Faculty of Arts, University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
e-mail: ismk99@yahoo.com
This study delineates subtle distinctions in organization, management and administration which may be equally important for organizers, [...]
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November 29th, 2009
Articles, Featured, Library Science, Marketing, Research, information science
Source: Ashill & Jobber
Information aggregation refers to the degree of summarization performed on information. Information accuracy refers to the extent to which the output information is sufficiently correct to satisfy its intended use. Accurate information thus describes data, which are correct for their intended use. Personal information sources involve direct [...]
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November 22nd, 2009
Articles, Digital information system, Document management, Featured, information science
BY
Mark N. Frolick
Xavier University
mark@frolick.net
Abstract
Information technology is proving to be a vital element in the administration of healthcare. Specifically, most healthcare institutions in the United States are adopting information systems that provide more accurate and timely information regarding patient care. This paper explores the implementation of an electronic medical record system at St. Jude Children’s Research [...]
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